oh thou that bowest

thy ecstatic face

thy perfect sorrows

are the world's to keep



wherefore onto

thy knee

come we

with a prayer



oh thou that bowest

thy ecstatic face

thy perfect sorrows

are the world's to keep



wherefore onto

thy knee

come we

with a prayer



mother heroic

mother glorious



beholding in thy eye

immortal tears



oh thou that bowest

thy ecstatic face



oh...